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What Does Contingent Mean in Real Estate?

HomeLight

The final sale hangs in the balance, waiting for certain conditions or “contingencies” to be met. These conditions can be anything from the buyer securing a mortgage, the home inspection clearing, or the sale of the buyer’s current home. What are the most common contingencies?

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How Do I Cancel a Home Purchase Offer? Cold Feet

Realty Biz

In my eagerness to buy my first home, I made a full-price offer with the only continency being that my mortgage was approved. I didn’t even include an inspection contingency. Getting out of the signed contract and having your earnest money returned to you is typically only possible if the contingencies are not met.

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Revive those dead real estate deals

Real Trends

Your buyer or seller gets cold feet, or struggles with financing, leading to a “dead deal.” Deals fall through for several reasons including the following: Issues are found during inspection: A home inspection may reveal issues with the property causing the buyer to back out. Appraisal or inspection issues.

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Can You Put an Offer on a House That’s Contingent?

RIS Media

Other factors can also put a home back on the market. Finances falling through. Since most homes are financed, and financing isn’t guaranteed until a buyer has signed the dotted line, failure to secure funds can put a home back up for sale. Home inspection problems.

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Common Real Estate Contingencies

Windemere Selling

Common Real Estate Contingencies Home Inspection Contingency A home inspection contingency allows the buyer to have the home professionally inspected within a certain window of time. If the buyer finds outstanding repairs that need to be made, they can negotiate them into their offer.

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8 Essential Steps to Navigating Escrow in Home Buying

Realty Biz

Providing documentation of pre-approval - Providing proof of pre-approval from a lender will show that they're ready and willing to lend money when needed during escrow. Step 5: Securing Home Financing One of the critical steps in the home-buying process is obtaining the necessary financing to purchase the property.

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4 signs a pending home sale will fall through

Real Trends

Inspection issues. It is common to expect that the buyer will hire a home inspector to check out the property; this is to avoid inheriting unforeseen major repairs. An inspection can often reveal major issues that either side would not have been aware of. Before a mortgage is approved, lenders will have a property appraisal.

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